OK - hopefully this is going to entertain some people and others I am sure it will offend.

But you can't please everybody.

A good, well informed and (I like to think) intelligent friend of mine … more

This is what is on my mind today!

... and don't get me wrong ... I live in the Isle of Man where we have NO covid-19.

And I hope it stays that way only because the scat politicians here would … more

An interesting analysis of the covid-19 data

https://youtu.be/8UvFhIFzaac

If it's TLDW, my 6 takeaways from this - based on the empirical data presented in the video - are as follows:

1) Human … more

Just putting this out there...

In the UK in 2018 there were 541,589 deaths (530,841 in 2019).

That's 1,483 per day if you divide the total by 365

https://www.ons.gov.uk/ … more

In the UK we accept that the monarchy - the Queen as Sovereign - is Head of the Armed Forces.

This is largely a symbolic fact and in the UK this is not a big deal as the monarchy stays out of … more

2nd week of isolation started today so please forgive my bad language...

New acronym incoming...

tfu=totally fucking useless.

Covid-19 is no excuse for laziness unless you have it (and a bad … more

Hi All

OK - this is an old subject and one which was probably responsible for me starting blogging in the first place.

But I think it's probably more relevant now than when it was produced as a … more

Shocking video of the tragic port explosion in Beirut yesterday highlights the very tenuous existence of the State of Lebanon.

The political system there is tribally split and dominated by the … more